CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A correctional officer was fired and then arrested after she was caught trying to sneak contraband into the Clayton County Jail on Saturday, according to the sheriff.
Sheriff Levon Allen said Correctional Officer Desiree Lowery crossed the Sheriff's Guard line and tried to enter the jail with what he described as contraband.
Lowery was stopped and confronted by an on-duty supervisor when she became frantic and tried to run away, according to the sheriff.
On Sunday, Allen said she was fired and arrested at her now-former place of employment.
"Desiree Lowery exchanged her employee badge number for an Inmate LE number, exchanged her Officer title for an Inmate title, exchanged her blue uniform for an orange uniform, and exchanged her clean record for four felony charges," Allen said.
Since becoming sheriff, Allen said that they have made over 3,200 arrests, which includes seven employees or contractors, and have cleaned up over 300 tons of trash from the streets of Clayton County.